AirPods Max: Apple just dropped a surprise set of $549 ultra premium noise cancelling headphones. This is everything you need to know!

 AirPods Max Full review, price

all right what's up

Here so we got a little surprise 

little quiet but not so quiet addition

to apple's holiday season stuff a little

one more thing on top of there one more thing so they've added to their headphone lineup and there's a new pair of over ear wireless noise cancelling apple headphones and they're called air pods max and they

cost in just 550 dollars and i got them right here .Now i didn't really know what to make of the name right off the bat i don't think i would have named them. airpods personally but if you look at the rest of apple's lineup.  

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AirPods Max First Impressions

i guess all of their audio products have pod in them there's ear pods airpods home pods so fine either way this is the box and it's a pretty big box for a pair of headphones but you can see we have this is many colour like minty green color, blue ,white ,red ,black here today to get into when you pop that top get into the top of the box first thing.you see is the headphones inside

already inside the smart case because

they don't fold they don't pack down at

all this is how you travel with them

this is how they ship.

AirPods Max Accessories

 in this case with the bands as a handle but we'll get to that in a minute i'm just gonna take them out of the case for the first time and the metal of the headphones is actually legit cold to the touch which is pretty sweet not gonna lie i can get the paper off of the smart case so we can admire that too in all of its uh glory anyway not much else in the box you get a little bit of paperwork no apple stickers and there is one cable but not the typical cable that comes with headphones no this is a usb type-c to lightning cable there is no brick and this is purely for charging

and there's no audio cable included

that'll be another 35 bucks from apple.com .

AirPods Max hands on

there you have the headphones pretty unique uh they look like those huge planar magnetic headphones from back in the day but like a modernized version of that

design i guess it's kind of classic

this green here probably isn't the best

looking color if i'm being real

but that's it we can get it back into

the smart case slap that magnet shut and we're off to the races so it turns out there is a lot of really interesting stuff with this particular pair of headphones i mean you guys have seen headphones before i've reviewed them but there's a lot that's different a lot that's unique about these that you don't really see very often.among the first to see that if you haven't already

uh this is just gonna be my first

impressions and the top five things

you should know about these new airpods

so number one

‌the materials like i said when i took it out the box the metal was cold to the touch so these have a stainless steel flexible frame and the ear cups i was touching are aluminum there's these shiny telescoping arms and ball head joints on the ear cups that let them move around a little over 90 degrees overall there is no doubt these are built very well there's no creaks no gaps anywhere i mean even the little slide to expand the headphones is really satisfying because there's a lot of resistance and i think i actually like this more than the typical plastic clicks to expand but really the materials aren't actually as important as the overall comfort and these are going to sit on top of the head pretty nice that mesh band at the top is basically designed to distribute the weight as evenly as possible across your head and be kind of breathable and it is really soft which is awesom but we'll see about durability long term i think it's probably worth it though because with all this metal they are heavy headphones they come in at a hefty 386 grams compared to the much lighter 250 grams of my sony xm4s but yeah i mean as far as just high-grade headphones go aside from this one's particular lack of

sweat or water resistance it just doesn't get much better built than this that's just facts by the way the color options same as the ipad air so black silver light blue pink and this sort of minty green all.

‌right number two

the ear cups magnetic so they just pop off pretty easily they do stay on really well in their sort of groove when you're

wearing them and obviously most of the time they don't just flop off but when you really do pull them to take them off they come off and that's actually really smart because most people should replace the ear cups on their headphones every once in a while the metal part the outside that's designed to last a long time but the inside especially with softer materials and leathers you see that a lot people sort of outgrow the ear pad and then just buy new headphones so this is a good idea now

‌Number three

 apple is very happy to sell you some new ear pads for sixty a set but uh i guess a nice bonus at least is that you can actually mix and match colors if you want to would have been nice if you could customise question your cusion color straight

from the order hand and mac rumors even put together a little visual aid so you can see what the different color combos look like but that's just the most apple thing. you've ever heard isn't it buying 550$ headphones and having to spend an extra 70 dollars

to change part of the color but number

three is the controls so there are no touch controls anywhere on the sides of either of the earcups as there are with a lot of other wireless headphones instead they borrow the digital crown from the apple watch plus there's an extra noise cancellation

button just to go on or off with transparency or noise cancellation i might have preferred to see these buttons at thebbottom of the ear cups for better reachability but overall this is probably honestly better than a lot of the finicky touch controls

i like when there's a physical control

like on microsoft's headphones having

that big dial spinning that was sweet too so here on the apple headphones you can spin that digital crown for volume you can tap it in to answer calls or double tap to go forward triple tap to go back etc and also in ios 14.3.

when you update there's uh controls and support built in that let you reverse the scrolling direction for the crown in case you end up getting it backwards 

‌ number four

the case so uh let's just get the jokes

out of the way right off the top shall we it looks like a purse that doesn't really hold much and it like no way around it but for real this is a super strange case to me so they call it the smart case it comes with the headphones and the headphones literally just slot in here and close with a magnet and my very first impression is there is no redeeming quality about this case at all the headphones don't actually fold down or get more compact to travel with the most durable part of the headphone is covered and the softest least durable part is your carrying strap it's the most exposed part and then it isn't even fully protect all of it there's like slots in here

i understand you can charge here if you want to plug them in via lightning but what is all this what this this case is weird and then also something to note there is no on off button with these headphones so instead you put them in this case and when the magnet shuts it detects that they're in

the case and they go okay we don't need to be on anymore it goes into this ultra low power state to save battery

and that's cool that's really smart and

that means you don't have to remember to turn them off every time

and as soon as you take them out the

case they wake up and it's like you

never turn them off easy but now that means you have to use this case to turn the headphones off and if you don't use this case they will just sit around draining battery for about

two hours before they go into auto low

power mode not sure if other cases can be made that also use magnets to trigger this low power mode that remains to be seen but then number

five last but not least is the smart features so this is the part that's going to require the most additional testing for me because basically aside from sound quality which first impression is very good and noise cancellation is right about on par with airpods pro basically they're incredibly good with

white noise but there's a lot more

testing for this sort of thing for the full review and there's a lot of smart features too there's the dual h1 chips doing a lot of computing as you listen to music one in each ear there's nine microphones this time for noise cancellation and transparency mode and they're of course apple headphones made to be used with

iphones and apple products so when you use it with an iphone.

you get features like audio sharing siri

you're reading your text messages

and the instant pairing and all that fun stuff but like i said i'm going to get

super into this and the audio quality and in-depth thoughts on all this stuff in the full review this is just the impression and there's a lot of testing to be done but at the end of the day

you know what's the hardest part for me about these is i i don't really know what exactly to compare them to like of course i plan on putting them

through the ringer and and very

thoroughly testing them because at

L550 dollars they deserve that

and you deserve that but i guess i want to hear from you in the comments section what you specifically want to know about

these headphones what do you care about with headphones like this like my natural instinct as you probably saw on twitter was to compare them to my precious my i mean a lot of people and high-end audio file range except now it's just apple's entry into that space it's hard to say but at the end of the day if you're here from my take for my first impression i have listened to these for a couple hours now and they sound really good but do they sound 550 good i mean you're starting to approach the limits of wireless audio so. they are built extremely well but does that alone make them worth

550 dollars not really um

they of course have all apple smart

features and i don't think that by 

itself is going to make you buy

headphones that expensive but maybe all of this stuff combinedmaybe just maybe all that put togetherwell there's an audience for it because

they're sold out already but either way

i hope to find that out all in the full

review this has just been my first look

first impressions of airpods max

a weird name i'm not going to get used

to saying that for a while but

again let me know what you think what

you want to know about these headphones.

thanks for reading this post.

Micromax In 1b Vs The Competition: Which Is The Best Phone Under Rs 8,000?

Micromax In 1b Vs The Competition: Which Is The Best Phone Under Rs 8,000?

Micromax, once the leading smartphone maker in India made its comeback to the domestic smartphone market with two new devices. The company unveiled the In series smartphones the In Note 1 and the In 1b. 

Both smartphones will be assembled in India. This time around, Micromax is taking performance and user experience. The devices are powered by MediaTek Helio G series chipsets and both offer clean stock Android experience. The cheaper one among the list - the Micromax In 1b falls under the sub Rs 7,000 category and going forward it will face the heat from brands like Xiaomi, Poco, and Realme.

In this post, we will be comparing the newly launched Micromax In 1b with Redmi 9A, Poco C3, and Realme C11, which we think are the best from the respective company and also fall under the same price bracket as well. 

Performance

(Image credit: MediaTek)

Let's start with the performance, which is one of the key factors while buying a budget device. The Micromax In 1b is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio G35 chipset. It has a max clock speed of 2.3GHz and comes with Arm Cortex-A53 CPU. IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU will take care of the gaming and graphics. It also comes with HyperEngine technology which offers better performance, gaming connectivity. 

The Poco C3 and Realme C11 are also powered by the same MediaTek G35 chipset while the Redmi 9A is powered by the slightly inferior Helio G25 chipset. 

The Micromax In 1b comes with two storage options - 2+32GB and 4+64GB while the Redmi 9A comes with 2+32GB and 3+32GB options. The Poco C3 comes with 3+32GB and 4+64GB option. However, the 4+64GB variant of Poco C3 is priced over Rs 8,000 here. The Realme C11 comes in only in the 2+32GB option. All the four phones support microSD card for storage expansion. 

Display 



(Image credit: Micromax)

The Micromax In 1b offers a 6.53-inch HD+ (1600 x 720p) IPS screen. It has a 20:9 aspect ratio. It has a dew-dorp style notch which houses the selfie camera. The other three phones i.E Redmi 9A, Poco C3, and the Realme C3 all come with the same 6.53-inch HD+ screen. So, the display is common across all the four phones here. 

Cameras



(Image credit: Micromax)

Cameras have never been the talking point for any budget phone but, if the phone can capture decent photos in daylight, that should be enough for many. For optics, the Micromax In 1b opts for a dual selfie camera with 13MP primary shooter with f/1.8 and a 2MP depth sensor. 

The Redmi 9A comes with 13MP f/2.2 single shooter while the Poco C3 packs in three cameras - a 13MP primary shooter followed by 2MP micro and a 2MP portrait sensor. And lastly, the Realme C11 houses a 13MP+2MP dual camera setup.

To the front, In 1b features an 8MP shooter while the other three devices house a 5MP shooter. 

Battery



(Image credit: Micromax)

This is another segment where everything is uniform across four devices. All four devices pack in a massive 5000mAh battery and they all support 10W charging. The only device that supports Type-C charging is the Micromax In 1b while the other three rely on a micro USB port. 

However, it is worth noting that the Redmi 8A and Redmi 8A Dual both offer 18W Type-C charging. But, the Redmi 8A is technically a last-gen product as the Redmi 9A is already launched and the Redmi 8A Dual’s two variants are priced over Rs 8,000. So, we decided to not include them in this comparison list. 

Price

Now that the key specs are clear, here’s what matters the most - the pricing. The Micromax In 1b costs Rs 6,999 for the base variant with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage while the 4+64GB costs Rs 7,999. This is also the cheapest 4GB RAM phone in India right now, undercutting its Redmi competitor.   

The Redmi 9A 2+32GB is priced at Rs 6,799 while the 3+32GB costs Rs 7,499. The Poco C3 is priced at Rs 7.499 and Rs 8,999 for the 3+32GB and 4+64GB variant respectively. And lastly, the Realme C11 is priced at Rs 6,999 for the 2+32GB variant. 

Specs comparison Micromax In 1b vs Redmi 9A vs Poco C3 vs Realme C11 Micromax In 1b Redmi 9A Poco C3 Realme C3 Display 6.53” HD+ 6.53” HD+ 6.53” HD+ 6.53” HD+ Processor MediaTek Helio G35 MediaTek Helio G25 MediaTek Helio G35 MediaTek Helio G35 RAM 2/3GB 2/3GB 3/4GB 2GB Storage 32/64GB 32GB 32/64GB 32GB Rear camera 13+2MP 13MP 13+2+2MP 13+2MP Front camera 8MP 5MP 5MP 5MP Battery 5000mAh 5000mAh 5000mAh 5000mAh Charging 10W, Type-C 10W, micro USB 10W, micro USB 10W, micro USB Software Android 10, Stock Android 10, MIUI 12 Android 10, MIUI 12 Android 10, Realme UI Conclusion

All in all, Micromax had made a smartphone that can truly take on the likes of Xiaomi, Realme, and Poco. On top of the neck to neck specs are a feature, Micromax is also offering a fingerprint scanner and a dedicated Google Assistant Button which is quite rear in the segment. The cherry on top here is the clean stock Android experience with zero bloats or ads and 2 years of Android update. 

To top it off, there is also the made-in-India tag that Micromax is pitching to fuel the battle against Chinese products. 

Best Mobile Phones Under 25000

Best Mobile Phones Under 25000

Looking to buy the best mobiles under 25000 There are many options for you to pick from. These best android Apple with 25000 are not just well-priced, but some of them can even perform as good as flagship smartphones. No matter what your priority is, you will find a phone in this price category. Not just essentials, these phones even offer fingerprint sensors, unibody design, metal builds and even some of the best camera phone under Apple with25000 This list of the best Apple with 25000offer excellent value, and will even hold their own against upcoming smartphones. Let’s check out the best phones Apple with 25000 in india 2020. Although the prices of the products mentioned in the list given below have been updated as of 13th Dec 2020, the list itself may have changed since it was last published due to the launch of new products in the market since then.

Best Phone Under 25000: The Best Mobile Phones You Can Buy Under Rs. 25,000 In India [November 2020 Edition]

If you are buying a new smartphone, it is usually assumed that the more you are willing to spend, the better device you can get. However, that isn't always true, and if you have gone through our lists of recommended phones, you will be able to find at least one exception in every price range. Our sub-Rs. 20,000 price list mainly consists of devices that do everything just right and increasing your budget just a little will let you consider several options that do better. The sub-Rs. 25,000 smartphone segment in Indian isn't very crowded because there's so much value at lower prices, and every device in this price range isn't worth your money. We have compiled a list of the best phones you can buy under Rs. 25,000 to help you make the right choice.

Phones under Rs. 25,000 Gadgets 360 rating (out of 10) Price in India (as recommended) Samsung Galaxy M51 8 Rs. 24,999 Vivo V20 8 Rs. 24,990 Vivo V20 SE 8 Rs. 20,990 OnePlus Nord 9 Rs. 24,999 Redmi K20 Pro 9 Rs. 24,999 Redmi K20 9 Rs. 21,299 Samsung Galaxy M51

Samsung's “battery monster”, the Galaxy M51, packs in a massive 7,000mAh battery, a first for a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. If you are looking for the best battery life on a smartphone, the Galaxy M51 will definitely qualify. We were able to go on for about 2 days without needing to charge the smartphone. Charging is quick as well thanks to the bundled 25W fast charger.

The Galaxy M51 sports a big 6.7-inch AMOLED display with a full-HD+ resolution and 20:9 aspect ratio. There is a hole-punch at the top which some users may find distracting.

Samsung has picked the Snapdragon 730G SoC to power the Galaxy M51 and it delivers good performance. Samsung offers two variants of the Galaxy M51, the base variant gets 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage while the higher variant gets 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. You get a quad-camera setup consisting of a 64-megapixel primary camera, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide angle camera, a 5-megapixel macro camera, and a 5-megapixel depth sensor. The Galaxy M51 runs Samsung's OneUI on top of Android 10.

Vivo V20

Vivo's latest in the V series focuses on design and cameras. The Vivo V20 looks striking in its new colour options and is thin at 7.38mm. If you prioritise design over other things, the V20 should appeal to you. At the front it has a crisp 6.44-inch AMOLED display with an in-display fingerprint sensor. It has a dewdrop notch at the top.

The Vivo V20 gets three colour options, of which only the Sunset Melody one has a gradient finish. You get a glass back on the Vivo V20 which feels premium to the touch. It packs in a triple camera setup at the back consisting of a 64-megapixel primary camera, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera also capable of macro shots, and a 2-megapixel mono camera. It has a 44-megapixel selfie shooter with Eye Autofocus.

Powering the Vivo V20 is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G processor, paired with 8GB of RAM. There's only one configuration with 128GB of internal storage which is expandable by up to 1TB. Vivo ships the V20 with Android 11 making it one of the few smartphones to run the latest version of Android out of the box, Vivo runs its custom FunTouch OS 11 on top with a few customisations.

Vivo V20 SE

The Vivo V20 SE, or “Special Edition”, was launched right after the Vivo V20 but is actually very different. This smartphone targets a lower price point and has a few changes in the form of lower resolution camera sensors and a different processor, among other things. It still sports a 6.44-inch AMOLED display just like the Vivo V20 and gets an in-display fingerprint scanner as well.

Powering the Vivo V20 SE is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor, which is relatively weak compared to the rest of the smartphones in this list. There's 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage which is expandable by up to 1TB. The performance is enough to keep a casual user happy but heavy users might find it inadequate.

The V20 SE sports a triple camera setup at the back consisting of a 48-megapixel primary camera, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle camera that can do macro photography, and a 2-megapixel bokeh camera. It also sports a 32-megapixel selfie shooter that delivers some good photos in different lighting conditions. Vivo ships the V20 SE with FunTouch OS 11 running on top of Android 10, unlike the Vivo V20 which runs Android 11. You also get a slightly bigger 4,100mAh battery along with support for 33W fast charging.

OnePlus Nord

The OnePlus Nord is a mid-range smartphone from OnePlus with a few flagship-level features included. The OnePlus Nord has a polycarbonate body with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and back. It has a 6.44-inch display with full-HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate, as well as support for HDR10+.

The OnePlus Nord is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G SoC, and so it is 5G enabled. It was announced in three variants: 6GB RAM with 64GB storage priced at Rs. 24,999; 8GB RAM with 128GB storage at Rs. 27,999; and 12GB RAM with 256GB storage priced at Rs. 29,999. The base variant is exclusive to Amazon.

OnePlus has packed a 4115mAh battery into the Nord, which delivers good battery life. This phone also manages good photos in the day, with a quick autofocus system. The wide-angle camera does not capture as much detail. In low light, the OnePlus Nord takes decent photos. It has a Night mode that helps capture a brighter image, but the results look flatter. Selfies turned out well, and the Nord can also take 4K videos.

Redmi K20 Pro

The Redmi K20 Pro has slowly slipped into the sub Rs. 25,000 segment. It is a powerful smartphone with a pop-up selfie camera module, which isn't very common feature. It has a big 6.39-inch display without a notch or a hole-punch. The selfie camera has a 20-megapixel resolution and is positioned in the pop-up module.

The Redmi K20 Pro is powered by the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC. The Redmi K20 Pro is available in two variants: 6GB RAM with 128GB of storage priced at Rs. 24,999; and 8GB RAM and 256GB of storage priced at Rs. 29,999. Xiaomi has used a 4,000mAh battery in the Redmi K20 Pro, and this phone supports 27W fast charging, but you only get an 18W charger in the box.

Xiaomi offers a triple rear camera setup on the Redmi K20 Pro with a 48-megapixel primary camera, a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and an 8-megapixel telephoto camera capable of 2x optical zoom. The primary camera takes good photos in favourable light and manages to capture details quite well. There is some barrel distortion in photos taken with the wide-angle camera. Low-light camera performance was good but fine grain was visible in the output on zooming in. Video tops out at 4K 60fps for the rear cameras while the selfie camera can shoot at 1080p 30fps.

Redmi K20

The Redmi K20 is a well-designed smartphone, and is among the few recently launched devices available at this price level. The Redmi K20 shares the same design as the Redmi K20 Pro, with a glass back and a striking gradient pattern at the back. The front is dominated by a 6.39-inch AMOLED display and there is no notch to hinder content on this panel. It has a pop-up selfie camera which rises up from the top of the frame when required.

The Redmi K20 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 SoC. There are two variants of the device, with the base variant sporting 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The other one has 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. This phone does not have a microSD card slot for storage expansion, so you will have to choose the variant based on your requirement. It does offer very good performance, however newer devices in the sub-Rs. 20,000 price range can match it.

Xiaomi has equipped the Redmi K20 with a triple camera setup at the back and a 20-megapixel selfie shooter. We noticed that camera performance was very good, and the cameras captured details very well. The wide-angle camera also has distortion correction. Low-light camera performance was underwhelming. Selfies were good, but the selfie camera mechanism is slow. This phone also has a 4,000mAh battery and delivers good battery life.

Is this the end of the Samsung Galaxy Note series as we know it? We discussed this on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or RSS, download the episode, or just hit the play button below.

Realme X3 SuperZoom, Vivo V20 To Samsung Galaxy M51: Best Phones Under Rs 25,000 (Nov 2020)

Technology in this segment moves so fast that only one of the five phones we shortlisted in our list of phones under Rs 25,000 two months ago retained its place in this list.

Vivo V20 to Samsung Galaxy M51: Best phones under Rs 25,000 (Nov 2020)

We have four new entries this month. You still get phones with flagship-grade processing hardware, 64 MP cameras, AMOLED screens, high refresh rate displays and more in this segment. Android 11 also arrives in this budget class. So let’s look at the best smartphones currently available in India under Rs 25,000.

Realme X3 SuperZoom

Realme already had a solid option in the sub-25K segment in the X3. Thanks to the recent price cuts, you can now have the SuperZoom variant of that phone in this budget. Realme X3 SuperZoom is powered by Qualcomm’s previous-generation flagship chip, the Snapdragon 855+, which is still a very powerful SoC. You can purchase the 8 GB RAM / 128 GB internal storage variant in this budget. The impressive 6.6-inch Full HD+ display flaunts a 120 Hz refresh rate for smooth scrolling and a flicker-free experience, something generally seen in more expensive smartphones. But you have to make do with an LCD display instead of AMOLED. The screen is protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 5.

The camera department on the Realme X3 SuperZoom is quite impressive and includes an 8MP periscope telephoto camera with OIS that puts the ‘SuperZoom’ in the name, and gives you 5X optical zoom. It is accompanied by a 64 MP primary camera, an 8 MP ultrawide shooter and a 2 MP macro camera. You get two cameras at the front with a combination of 32 MP + 8 MP to take care of selfies and video calls. A 4,200 mAh battery keeps the phone powered for over a day of moderate usage, and even better, the bundled 30W fast charger juices it up fully in just about an hour. The Realme X3 SuperZoom runs Android 10 with Realme UI on top.

Realme X3 SuperZoom price in India: Rs 23,999 for 8 GB RAM/128 GB storage

Realme X3 SuperZoom price in India: Rs 23,999 for 8 GB RAM/128 GB storage

Redmi K20 Pro

Redmi K20 Pro is the only handset from our last list to hold on to its position. It remains a solid all-round option in this budget. It has a very attractive exterior with a glass body and an eye-catching ‘Aura Prime’ design. You get a 6.4-inch Full HD+ notch-less AMOLED display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5 and a 20 MP pop-up selfie camera on top. In addition, there’s an in-display fingerprint scanner. Powering this phone is Qualcomm’s two-generation old flagship Snapdragon 855 SoC along with 6 GB RAM and 128 GB internal storage.

The cameras on the Redmi K20 Pro are quite impressive too. You get three cameras at the back with a 48 MP main camera using a Sony IMX586 sensor, a 13MP ultrawide camera with a 125-degree FOV and an 8 MP telephoto lens that gives you 2X optical zoom. No unnecessary cameras here to pad the numbers. They manage to capture some high-quality images in varied lighting conditions, and can also record super slo-mo videos at up to 960 fps. A 4000 mAh battery keeps it running for over a day of moderate usage. The smartphone launched with Android Pie and MIUI 10, but received an Android 10 update with MIUI 11 earlier this year.

Redmi K20 Pro price in India: Rs 24,950 for 6 GB RAM/128 GB storage

Samsung Galaxy M51

The company likes to call the Samsung Galaxy M51 a monster for a reason. It is quite a sizable device, courtesy of its large 6.7-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, and also weighs in excess of 200 grams. Another component responsible for its size and weight is a gigantic 7000 mAh battery that can suffice for close to two and a half days of moderate usage. The bundled 25-Watt fast charger promises to recharge the battery fully in under two hours. If you like big phones or are looking for one with a really long battery life, this is the phone for you.

The processing muscle of this phone is pretty good too. Moving on from the modest Exynos 9611 that powers most of the Samsung midrange phones, the M51 employs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G chip, which is a lot more powerful. You get a choice of either 6 GB or 8 GB RAM along with 128 GB of internal (expandable) storage in this budget. The cameras are more than handy with a combination of a 64 MP primary camera, 12 MP ultrawide, 5 MP macro and a 5 MP depth sensor. You can capture some quality photos in various modes. A 32 MP selfie camera is embedded in a tiny punch hole at the top centre of the screen. The Samsung Galaxy M51 runs Android 10 with One UI.

Samsung Galaxy M51 price in India: Rs 22,999 for 6 GB RAM/128 GB storage; Rs 24,999 for 8 GB RAM/128 GB storage

Best Phones Under Rs. 20,000 In India (December 2020)

The sub-Rs. 20,000 price segment today features a range of powerful smartphones which offer everything that most people will want or need for everyday use. You can get features that were once restricted to much more expensive phones, such as multiple high-quality cameras, fast charging, loads of RAM and storage, and gaming-grade processors. We have recently reviewed several excellent phones priced below Rs. 20,000 that offer great value for money. In this video, we show you the best phones that you can buy in India right now for under Rs. 20,000.

Best Xiaomi Mobile Phones Under 20000

Looking to buy the best mobiles under 20000 There are many options for you to pick from. These best android Xiaomi with 20000 are not just well-priced, but some of them can even perform as good as flagship smartphones. No matter what your priority is, you will find a phone in this price category. Not just essentials, these phones even offer fingerprint sensors, unibody design, metal builds and even some of the best camera phone under Xiaomi with20000 This list of the best Xiaomi with 20000offer excellent value, and will even hold their own against upcoming smartphones. Let’s check out the best phones Xiaomi with 20000 in india 2019. Although the prices of the products mentioned in the list given below have been updated as of 13th Dec 2020, the list itself may have changed since it was last published due to the launch of new products in the market since then.

Best Phones Under Rs. 20,000 With 3GB RAM

With its dual-pixel camera, the Moto G5 Plus is one hell of a smartphone. It isn’t the most powerful out there, but its camera is definitely the best in this price range. It has a 12MP sensor on the back and runs on the dependable Snapdragon 625 SoC, clocked at 2GHz. There’s also 4GB of RAM and 32GB storage. We’d recommend it to those who want the best camera in this price bracket. It’s worth noting that while the Moto G5 Plus is not as powerful as the Lenovo Z2 Plus, it is more dependable. Also, the device has a vastly better camera, and better battery life. That gains it the top spot in our top 10 lists. The fact that it comes with Android Nougat out-of-the-box also gains it a lot of points in our opinion. Specs: Display: 5.2-inch, 1080p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 RAM: 3/4GB Storage: 16/32GB Camera: 12MP, 5MP Battery: 3000mAh

SPECIFICATION Screen Size : 5.2" (1080 x 1920) Camera : 12 | 5 MP RAM : 3 GB Battery : 3000 mAh Operating system : Android Soc : Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 Processor : Octa

The Z2 Plus is a flagship phone, which won’t hurt your pocket. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820-powered device is the best performer in the sub-20K segment. The phone has 4GB of RAM and a simple, intuitive UI. It has a 5-inch display, and is compact. Plus, the 3500mAh battery provides a day’s worth of usage and the 8MP front facing camera is good enough for selfies. The phone’s only weakness is its camera, which is good but not as outstanding as the performance of the device. Specs: Display: 5-inch,1080 p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 RAM: 4GB Storage: 64 GB Camera: 13MP, 8MP Battery: 3500 mAh

SPECIFICATION Screen Size : 5" (1080 x 1920) Camera : 13 | 8 MP RAM : 3 GB Battery : 3500 mAh Operating system : Android Soc : Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Processor : Quad

Coolpad’s latest edition to the budget mobile segment is essentially an upgraded version of the LeEco Le 2 as the phone has pretty much the same specifications as the Le 2, with some upgrades. Thus, the Cool 1 is quite the performer and with its dual camera setup, one of the best budget buys today. Specs: Display: 5.5-inch,1080 p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 RAM: 4GB Storage: 32 GB Camera: dual13MP, 8MP Battery: 4000 mAh OS: Android 6.0

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Screen Size : 5.5" (1080 x 1920) Camera : 12 & 2 MP | 8 MP RAM : 3 & 4 GB Battery : 3340 mAh Operating system : Android Soc : HiSilicon Kirin 655 Processor : Octa

When your budget is even tighter, get the Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime. With a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC inside, it offers the best performance for its price and has long lasting two day battery life to boot. In addition, it sports a dependable fingerprint scanner and respectable camera as well. Specs: Display: 5.0 inches, 720 p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 RAM: 3 GB Storage: 32 GB Camera: 13 MP, 5MP Battery: 4100 mAh OS: Android v6.0.1

SPECIFICATION Screen Size : 5" (720 x 1280) Camera : 13 | 5 MP RAM : 3 GB Battery : 4100 mAh Operating system : Android Soc : Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 Processor : Octa

TThe Le Max 2 is LeEco’s flagship this year, offering a power packed performance, thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC. The Le Max 2 is just a notch below the Zuk Z2 Plus in terms of performance. The device also sports a good 21MP rear camera and has a robust metal construction. It’s the cheapest phone with QHD resolution, too. Specs: Display: 5.7-inch, 1440 p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 RAM: 4GB Storage: 32/64 GB Camera: 21MP, 8MP Battery: 3100 mAh OS: Android 6.0

SPECIFICATION Screen Size : 5.7" (1440 x 2560) Camera : 21 | 8 MP RAM : 4 GB Battery : 3100 mAh Operating system : Android Soc : Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Processor : Quad

The smaller offering from LeEco is the Le 2. It is available in 32GB and 64GB storage options and is powered by a very powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 SoC. The budget smartphone is one of the fastest devices in its price category and can give many flagship devices a run for their money. Specs: Display: 5.5-inch,1080 p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 RAM: 3GB Storage: 32 GB Camera: 16 MP, 8MP Battery: 3000 mAh OS: Android 6.0

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Samsung debuts Exynos 1080, a 5nm processor with sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G

Samsung debuts Exynos 1080, a 5nm processor with sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G

Up until recently, few major companies were manufacturing chips with the latest 5-nanometer fabrication process, which uses atomic-scale transistors to shrink CPUs, GPUs, and other components down to once unthinkably tiny sizes. Today, Samsung is joining the club with a 5-nanometer system on chip called Exynos 1080, tightly integrating powerful processing cores with a widely compatible sub-6GHz and millimeter wave 5G modem, as well as respectable support for other wireless standards.

While the separate components in Exynos 1080 might seem familiar, Samsung’s greatest hits-style packaging will make the chip competitive with top alternatives from 5G system-on-chip rivals Qualcomm and Huawei and steps above the latest chips from fellow 5G vendor MediaTek. Unlike Qualcomm, which prioritized millimeter wave-ready chips as soon as the 5G standard was complete, Samsung’s previous chips have been stuck with sub-6GHz modems that can’t fully take advantage of the highest-speed 5G networks that are already in the U.S., and coming soon to other countries. That is remedied in Exynos 1080.

Interestingly, Samsung isn’t only targeting its own future devices with Exynos 1080. The new chip was announced with up-and-coming Chinese smartphone maker Vivo as a strategic partner, suggesting Qualcomm’s upcoming sequel to the flagship-class Snapdragon 865 will have some actual competition. Moreover, because the Exynos 1080 now has all the 5G capabilities needed to service users in the United States and other markets, there’s a possibility that the chip could power future Samsung U.S. smartphones and tablets, which have often swapped Exynos chips for Snapdragon processors and modems to enable global cellular network compatibility.

The hitch is that Exynos 1080’s performance isn’t universally amazing. For instance, the new modem tops out at 3.67Gbps millimeter wave download speeds, roughly half what some 5G rivals have promised, while promising up to 5.1Gbps sub-6GHz downloads and 1.2Gbps LTE Advanced speeds. That’s enough to make the new chip plenty fast on pretty much any network it can connect with, but not the strongest millimeter wave or LTE performer around. Similarly, the new SoC includes an AI-focused neural processing unit capable of 5.7 TOPS, which is around half the peak speed promised by the latest Apple A- and M-series chips but still quite capable for a chip with an integrated 5G model. Samsung is also supporting the latest Bluetooth version, 5.2, and Wi-Fi 6 but says nothing about the newer Wi-Fi 6E standard.

Exynos 1080 does jump ahead in traditional CPU and GPU performance by using a small-medium-large CPU design with one 2.8GHz ARM Cortex-A78, three 2.6GHz Cortex-A78s, and four 2.0GHz Cortex-A55s, promising 50% faster single-core performance and nearly twice the multi-core performance of its prior flagship Exynos. It also ratchets up graphics performance with ARM’s Mali-G78 graphics processor, delivering an up to 2.3 times boost in speed, greater sustained performance over time, and support for 144Hz refresh rates. The imaging processor can support a single camera with up to 200-megapixel resolution, a dual 32-megapixel camera design, or up to six total camera sensors, as well as 4K HDR10+ video encoding at 60 frames per second.

No specific devices have been announced with the Exynos 1080 inside, but Vivo may well be the first to use the chip in a smartphone, and Samsung’s sequels to the Galaxy S20 family could do so as well — at the very least in some overseas markets, possibly globally. Rivals Qualcomm and MediaTek are expected to announce their own new flagship 5G SoCs later this year. These will likely offer overall performance that respectively exceeds and falls somewhat under the Exynos 1080’s levels, albeit at somewhat different device pricing tiers.

Samsung introduces Exynos 1080 chipset for 5G phones: Features and more

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Samsung Exynos 1080 chip announced

Samsung announced the Exynos 1080 SoC two weeks ago at an online event in Shanghai and now, the company has followed up with an official introduction video highlighting the key features of the new chipset that will power 5G smartphones.

The video was published on Youtube showing technical information that aims to build up the hype for the new chipset. The new chipset will power the next generation of high-end 5G smartphones from Samsung and possibly other phones from other manufactures.

Samsung is confident that other companies will adopt its Exynos chipset solution. The chipset brings HDR10+ and support for screens with up to 144Hz of refresh rate at Full HD+ resolution.

When it comes to the camera department, the device supports camera sensors up to 200MP. The chipset brings four power-efficient Cortex-A55 cores operating at 2.0GHz.

The SoC supports cutting edge LPDDR5 RAM standard and UFS 3.1 storage. It also is a capable gaming chipset thanks to the use of a Mali-G78 MP10 GPU. The Exynos 1080 is Samsung's first processor fabricated on a 5nm EUV-based FinFET process.

This brings low power consumption and higher efficiency while reducing the chip size by 25 per cent as compared to the 7nm process.

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Exynos 1080 SoC Will Not Debut With One Of Samsung's Smartphones

The Exynos 1080 will not debut with one of Samsung's smartphones. The Vivo X60 series will be the first smartphone to use Samsung's recently announced chipset. The upcoming Vivo flagship may break cover on December 28. The Chinese company will announce three models in the series – X60, X60 Pro, and X60 Pro+. All three phones will be powered by the Exynos 1080 SoC.

According to the information shared by a reliable source on the Chinese micro blogging website Weibo, the Vivo X60 series will also use a Samsung-made Super AMOLED display. It will be a 120Hz panel with a centered punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera.

Vivo will offer the three models in multiple memory configurations with up to 8GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage. The phones may get three or four camera sensors on the back. However, details about the camera sensors are not known yet.

The Vivo X60 series will come with 5G connectivity as standard and feature an in-display fingerprint sensor. Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, and 33W fast charging are also part of the package. Pricing could start at around CNY 3,500 (~$535) for the base model.

Reports suggest that Vivo will only announce the X60 series later this month. The phones may not arrive in the market on the same day or even within a few days. Availability outside China may be further limited early on. The Vivo X50 Pro+ didn't arrive outside the domestic market at least a couple of months after launch.

Samsung unveiled the Exynos 1080 chipset last month. It is the first Exynos processor fabricated on a 5nm EUV-based FinFET process. Although it's not quite a flagship processor, it is still a very powerful chipset. It features one Cortex-A78 core running at 2.8GHz, three Cortex-A78 cores running at 2.6GHz, and four power-efficient Cortex-A55 cores operating at a maximum frequency of 2.0GHz.

The chipset comes with an integrated 5G modem, capable of delivering "groundbreaking" downlink speeds of up to 5.1Gbps. It supports HDR10+ and a 144Hz screen refresh rate at Full HD+ resolution or a 90Hz refresh rate at QHD+ resolution. The Exynos 1080 can also support camera sensors up to 200-megapixel and is capable of HDR10+ video recording in 4K UHD.

During the announcement last month, Samsung said that the Exynos 1080 would debut inside a Vivo smartphone. We now have the name, along with some key details and launch date, of the upcoming phone. OPPO and Xiaomi could also launch Exynos 1080-powered smartphones early next year.

Not to forget, the new Exynos chipset will also power Samsung's own upper-mid-range offerings in the Galaxy A series. The Galaxy A52 5G could be one of the first low-cost 5G offerings from Samsung in 2021.

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01Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 promises faster speeds, better cameras, and more powerful AI

Qualcomm teased the Snapdragon 888, its latest 5G-equipped flagship smartphone processor, on the first day of its Snapdragon Tech Summit. But at the day two keynote, the company provided all of the details on the new chipset, which will be the brains powering almost every major 2021 Android flagship.

First off, the basic specs: the new processor will feature Qualcomm’s new Kryo 680 CPU, which will be one of the first devices to feature Arm’s latest customized Cortex-X1 core and promises up to 25 percent higher performance than last year’s chip with a maximum clock speed of 2.84GHz. And the company’s new Adreno 660 GPU promises a 35 percent jump on graphics rendering, in what it says is the biggest performance leap for its GPUs yet. The new CPU and GPU are also more power-efficient compared to those on the Snapdragon 875, with a 25 percent improvement for the Kyro 680 and a 20 percent improvement on the Adreno 660.

25 percent faster CPU and the biggest GPU performance jump yet for Qualcomm

Another key difference between the Snapdragon 888 and last year’s 865 is that Qualcomm has finally integrated its 5G modem directly into the SoC. That means manufacturers won’t have to deal with finding the space (and power) for a second external modem. Specifically, the Snapdragon 888 will feature Qualcomm’s 5nm X60 modem, which the company announced back in February, and it will enable better carrier aggregation and download speeds up to 7.5 Gbps on new devices. The Snapdragon 888 will also support Wi-Fi 6 as well as the new 6GHz Wi-Fi 6E standard, which should boost that rollout by making it the default on most Android flagships.

As is tradition for a Snapdragon update, Qualcomm is also putting a big emphasis on its camera improvements. The new Spectra 580 ISP is the first from Qualcomm to feature a triple ISP, allowing it to do things like capture three simultaneous 4K HDR video streams or three 28-megapixel photos at once at up to 2.7 gigapixels per second (35 percent faster than last year).

Capture three simultaneous 4K HDR video streams at once

It also offers improved burst capabilities and is capable of capturing up to 120 photos in a single second at a 10-megapixel resolution. Lastly, the upgraded ISP adds computational HDR to 4K videos, an improved low-light capture architecture, and the option to shoot photos in 10-bit color in HEIF. That said, it’ll be up to phone manufacturers to build cameras that can take advantage of the new features.

The performance, thanks to Qualcomm’s new Hexagon 780 AI processor. The Snapdragon 888 features Qualcomm’s sixth-generation AI Engine, which it promises will help improve everything from computational photography to gaming to voice assistant performance. The Snapdragon 888 can perform 26 trillion operations per second (TOPS), compared to 15 TOPS on the Snapdragon 865, while delivering three times better power efficiency. Additionally, Qualcomm is promising big improvements in both scalar and tensor AI tasks as part of those upgrades.

The Snapdragon 888 also features the second-generation Qualcomm Sensing Hub, a dedicated low-power AI processor for smaller hardware-based tasks, like identifying when you raise your phone to light up the display. The new second-gen Sensing Hub is dramatically improved, which means the phone will be able to rely less on the main Hexagon processor for those tasks.

All of this adds up to a substantial boost in Qualcomm’s — and therefore, nearly every Android flagship’s — capabilities for what our smartphones will be able to do. The first Snapdragon 888 smartphones are expected to show up in early 2021, which means it won’t be long before we’ll be able to try out the next generation of Android flagships for ourselves.

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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 processor will power the Android flagships of 2021

Qualcomm has officially announced the Snapdragon 888 at its Snapdragon Tech Summit, offering a first look at its next-generation flagship smartphone processor. The 888 will power the next wave of 2021 Android flagships from companies like Samsung, OnePlus, LG, Sony, and more.

In a first for the company’s top-of-the-line 8-series chipsets, the Snapdragon 888 is making a big improvement for 5G: it’ll finally offer a fully integrated 5G modem, unlike last year’s Snapdragon 865 (which required that manufacturers include a separate modem chip inside the cramped interior of a modern smartphone).

The future of Android flagships is here

The Snapdragon 888 will feature Qualcomm’s X60 modem, announced earlier this year, which jumps to a 5nm process for better power efficiency and improvements for 5G carrier aggregation across the mmWave and sub-6GHz bands of the spectrum. Between the new 5nm architecture and the power efficiency gains from an integrated modem, the new chip looks to offer some substantial battery improvements when it comes to 5G.

In addition to the 5G improvements, Qualcomm also teased several other advances coming to the Snapdragon 888, including the company’s sixth-gen AI Engine (running on a “redesigned” Qualcomm Hexagon processor), which promises a big jump in performance and power efficiency for AI tasks. The Snapdragon 888 also will feature the “most significant upgrade in Qualcomm Adreno GPU performance,” though specifics on what kind of improvements are coming have yet to be announced.

Lastly, Qualcomm previewed new photography features that the Snapdragon 888 will enable, including the ability to shoot roughly 120 photos per second at 12-megapixel resolution, thanks to the updated ISP (which is up to 35 percent faster).

Per Qualcomm’s usual practice, today’s announcement is just a first look at the Snapdragon 888. A more comprehensive overview of the specs and improvements being offered with this year’s chipset will arrive in the Snapdragon Tech Summit’s second day of keynotes, on December 2nd. And given Qualcomm’s near-total dominance when it comes to providing chips for almost every major smartphone in the US, the debut of the Snapdragon 888 isn’t just a first look at Qualcomm’s latest advances: it’s a preview of what to expect from phones like Samsung’s Galaxy S21 lineup and other top Android phones for 2021, too.

We’ll have additional details on the Snapdragon 888 tomorrow as the summit continues, so check back for more information soon.

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Qualcomm's new Snapdragon phone chip won't support AV1 video streaming

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 will arrive in 5G devices in the first quarter of 2021.

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Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 888 processor won't support a much ballyhooed video compression technology developed by Google, Netflix and other technology giants, dealing a blow to data efficiency and streaming quality improvements for the next-generation of Android phones.

Judd Heape, a Qualcomm vice president for product management, says the mobile chip leader couldn't include AV1 technology in the new chip because of schedule and cost considerations. Qualcomm chips will eventually support  AV1, he said, though he declined to provide timing.

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"It didn't make it into this piece of silicon," Heape said in an interview about the Snapdragon 888's new photo and video features.

The absence of AV1 in the Snapdragon 888 is a setback for the fledgling technology for millions of new phones. Qualcomm's new top end chips will power phones from LG, Motorola, OnePlus, Oppo and Xiaomi. AV1 is designed to cut data usage and enable sharper, higher resolution video streams.

The alliance, whose founders also include Microsoft, Amazon, Mozilla, Intel and Cisco, declined to comment.

AV1 is video compression technology, sometimes called a codec, that shrinks data requirements for video files and streams. That compression is essential for avoiding monthly network data limits and watching sharper 4K video without needing more network capacity. YouTube, Facebook and Netflix support AV1 for online video.

The AV1 format is popular with tech companies because it helps them avoid expensive patent licensing costs that come with competing technologies. Those include H.264, which dates back to 2003 but is still widely used, and that codec's newer sequel, called HEVC or H.265.  The royalty fees factor into everything from smartphone price tags to the costs of video streaming services.

The AV1 project began with AOM's founding in 2015. It released AV1 in 2018 after combining codec technology from Google, Mozilla and Cisco. Newer AOM members include tech giants Apple, Facebook and Samsung.

Browsers, including Firefox and Chrome, and video streaming services began supporting AV1 starting in 2018. The format offers 30% better compression than a codec progenitor, Google's VP9, according to Facebook tests. Netflix measured a 20% improvement.

Chip support is important for recording and playing AV1 video streams without taxing phone batteries. Chipmakers Intel, Arm, AMD and Nvidia are in the alliance.

AV1 has won some hardware support victories this year. Smartphone chipmaker MediaTek added AV1 support into its Dimensity 1000 chip, and Nvidia's RTX 30 graphics chip also can speed AV1 streaming for better streaming from sites like Amazon's Twitch, which has become popular for broadcasting videogame play. Intel's 11th generation Core processors, code named Tiger Lake and just arriving in PCs now, also support AV1.

HEVC support is broader, reaching not only Qualcomm phone chips but also processors from Intel and Apple. However, HEVC has been hampered by patent licensing uncertainties, complexities and expense that helped lead to the creation of the AV1 alliance.

Micromax In Note 1 Quick Review: Better Than Realme 7, Redmi Note 9?

Micromax In Note 1 better than Redmi Note 9, Realme 6? The Indian smartphone company is back with a bang, and the latest series have a lot to show to its Chinese competitors. The brand new Micromax IN Note 1 comes with mid-range specifications directly challenging the likes of Redmi Note 9, Poco M2 Pro and more.

Micromax In Note 1 Quick Review: Better Than Realme 7, Redmi Note 9?

Micromax has used MediaTek processors on both the new phones: Micromax IN Note 1 and Micromax In 1B.

So, is Micromax In Note 1 better than its competition, let’s find out. 

Display, Design

Micromax IN Note 1 comes with a 6.67-inch 1080p LCD. It has a punch-hole setup and an ultra-bright technology. The device has a fingerprint sensor at the back. The device is available in white and green. The green model has a glossy X design while the white model comes with matte finish on the back.

So, there’s nothing to complain about the display, neither the design, both are at par with the current trends.

Hardware, Storage

Micromax IN Note 1 is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio G85 processor. It pairs with up to 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage with support for microSD card. The device can easily run the day to day tasks on an ease. The smartphone comes in two variants with two storage options.

The Helio G85 is a multitasker, and is a good choice for mid-range gaming. It will be an apt choice for a good chip on a budget.

Photography

In terms of photography, the Micromax IN Note 1 comes with a quad camera system. It has a 48MP main camera, a 5MP secondary camera, and two 2MP cameras on the back. The front sensor is a 16MP camera. The camera is capable of taking decent pictures in good light.

Given the competition, the In Note 1 won’t be losing out on much in any of the departments.

Battery, Fast Charging

Micromax IN Note 1 packs a 5000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging with reverse charging support. So, you can charge your earphones and all other devices via the device with the help of the reverse charging technology.

The Micromax In Note 1 can run for a day without any hiccups on full charge.

Micromax IN Note 1 Price In India, Availability

Micromax IN Note 1 price in India starts at Rs 10,999 for the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage option and the 4GB RAM model with 128GB storage version costs Rs 12,999. The device will be available in white and green. The green model has a glossy X design while the white model comes with matte finish on the back.

Micromax IN Note 1 is available via Flipkart and Micromax online store.

Realme 7 review: Realme's latest budget phone has plenty of appeal

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The Realme 7 might be the phone for you if you need something even cheaper than the Realme 7 Pro: it has a slightly bigger screen and a bigger battery, while the specs inside and the rear camera array are a little more modest than what you get with the Pro.

It's another solid budget Android offering from Realme, which has been putting out affordable, well-built handsets for a couple of years now (and longer in China). The company was originally spun out of Oppo, another Chinese electronics manufacturer.

While the Realme 7 is of course quite modest in all the key areas – the screen, the internal specs, the camera quality – it nevertheless gives you plenty of smartphone for your money, and is going to be able to do everything you need it to if you make the investment.

Our full Realme 7 review is going to take you through everything you need to know about this handset – from how long the battery lasts between charges to how well the camera performs in low light – so you should be able to work out if it's the phone for you.

‌Realme 7 review: price and availability

The Realme 7 phone is out now and available to buy in the UK – you can pick it up unlocked and SIM-free for £179 and up. Amazon is one of the retailers stocking the phone, while you can also buy it directly from Realme. The phone isn't available in the US.

Realme 7 review: design and screen

While the thickness and the plastic of the Realme 7 will leave you in no doubt that this is a budget smartphone, Realme has done a respectable job in adding some premium-looking trimmings. The back of the phone is a nicely judged blue or white (depending on which model you go for), which catches the light in different ways as you move it. The rear camera array is neatly positioned up at the top left corner around the back, and in the hand this feels like a solid and well put together device.

The LCD display looks better than you would expect at this price, interrupted only by a punch hole selfie camera notch up in the top left corner. 6.5 inches of screen space certainly gives you plenty of room to work with, while the 1080 x 2400 pixel resolution and 90Hz refresh rate mean you get a sharp, smooth experience while using it.

The Realme 7 Pro has a smaller display but uses the superior OLED technology, which usually makes for brighter colours and deeper blacks. The panel on the Realme 7 isn't quite as good, but it's still perfectly fine for all the ways you're going to use your smartphone: playing games, browsing the web, sending and receiving messages and so on. It doesn't feel like a budget smartphone display.

Realme has embedded the fingerprint sensor inside the power button, a move which we're not particularly fond of – it makes it a bit more awkward to use as both a sensor and a button. You do get a headphone jack down at the bottom of the phone, together with a single speaker and a USB-C port. There's no waterproofing or dustproofing on the Realme 7, which is pretty much par for the course at this price point, so you might want to invest in a case as well.

Realme 7 review: camera and battery

The Realme 7 camera won't let you down but doesn't really dazzle either. There are four cameras around the back – 48MP wide, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro and 2MP depth. Those ultrawide and macro lenses do give you some opportunities for experimenting with your photos, but in terms of end results everything is pretty standard and what you would expect at this price point.

HDR processing works reasonably well, so you won't lose parts of your pictures in particularly dark or light patches, and shutter speed and focus speed are good. Colours can be a bit too saturated at times, and the images won't hold up to the highest level of scrutiny in terms of noise and detail, but considering the price you're paying for this phone the camera quality is perfectly respectable.

Night and low light photography is where the Realme 7 starts to seriously struggle, with a lot more noise creeping in and a lot less detail being captured – there is a dedicated night mode but aside from a basic brightness boost it doesn't really help too much. If there is some light available then you can usually get some usable shots out of the phone, but don't expect too much in terms of low light photography.

Battery life impresses on the whole, with the 5,000mAh-capacity battery lasting well into a second day unless you're really pushing it. Forgetting an overnight charge isn't going to be a problem with the Realme 7, especially as 30W fast charging is supported (though there's no wireless charging available). In our two-hour, maximum brightness video streaming test the battery dropped from 100 percent to 79 percent, which is one of the better results we've seen.

Realme 7 review: other specs and features

The Realme 7 comes powered by a Mediatek Helio G95 processor, plus a choice of three RAM and storage options: 4GB and 64GB, 6GB and 64GB, or 8GB and 128GB. The top option there is substantially better than the bottom option, though it is obviously going to cost you more as well. The device that we reviewed came with the top configuration of 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.

Geekbench 5 scores of 510 (single-core), 1612 (multi-core), and 2227 (OpenCL) reflect the budget processor inside the Realme 7, but we didn't notice any major blips or sluggishness in day-to-day use. The phone can cope with demanding apps and games, albeit with a bit more of a pause between screens, and overall performance is fine. Bear in mind budget phones will start to slow up sooner than more premium models over time though.

The phone comes running Android 10 (rather than the latest Android 11), with Realme's own Realme UI put on top. It's fine, in most respects, but like a lot of Chinese manufacturers, Realme tends to plaster its software with over-the-top visuals and redundant apps that you're probably never going to get around to using. We much prefer the clean and classic look of stock Android on the Pixels and selected other phones, though your tastes may differ.

You don't get 5G on board the Realme 7, which may or may not bother you based on whether the next-gen connectivity has reached your part of the world. 5G is by no means an essential feature at the moment, and most of us will be able to get by with the still-very-speedy 4G for the next couple of years at least. You can get budget phones with 5G on board, but you'll need to pay a bit more than what the Realme 7 costs.

Realme 7 review: price and verdict

Of course the Realme 7 isn't going to offer the screen quality, the premium build and the camera capabilities of the top flagship and mid-range phones on the market – but then again it does cost a fraction of the price of those handsets as well. The question is whether you get plenty of value for your money, and the answer (as it often is with Realme phones) is a resounding yes.

There aren't really any outstandingly good features on this phone – its price is its biggest selling point – but then there's nothing that's disappointing or terrible either. You're paying not much money at all for a handset that is capable in every department, and you'd struggle to find an Android phone that's actually usable for anything less.

The screen is big and crisp, the battery life is very good, and the Realme 7 will run everything you need it to: if that's enough for you then it's a very affordable buy. If you need some of the more advanced smartphone features on the market, like 5G, wireless charging, waterproofing and a telephoto camera, then you're going to have to look elsewhere (and pay more).

Before buying your next smartphone, we'd recommend checking out what the competition has to offer, as there are some excellent budget phones available to buy right now (from Motorola, Nokia and others). However, if you want a little money to go a long way with your next phone, then Realme 7 could be the handset for you.

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Muslims have visualized Prophet Muhammad in words and calligraphic art for centuries

The republication of caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in September 2020 led to protests in several Muslim-majority countries. It also resulted in disturbing acts of violence: In the weeks that followed, two people were stabbed near the former headquarters of the magazine and a teacher was beheaded after he showed the cartoons during a classroom lesson. Visual depiction of Muhammad is a sensitive issue for a number of reasons: Islam’s early stance against idolatry led to a general disapproval for images of living beings throughout Islamic history. Muslims seldom produced or circulated images of Muhammad or other notable early Muslims. The recent caricatures have offended many Muslims around the world. This focus on the reactions to the images of Muhammad drowns out an important question: How did Muslims imagine him for centuries in the near total absence of icons and images? Picturing Muhammad without imagesIn my courses on early Islam and the life of Muhammad, I teach to the amazement of my students that there are few pre-modern historical figures that we know more about than we do about Muhammad. The respect and devotion that the first generations of Muslims accorded to him led to an abundance of textual materials that provided rich details about every aspect of his life. The prophet’s earliest surviving biography, written a century after his death, runs into hundreds of pages in English. His final 10 years are so well-documented that some episodes of his life during this period can be tracked day by day.Even more detailed are books from the early Islamic period dedicated specifically to the description of Muhammad’s body, character and manners. From a very popular ninth-century book on the subject titled “Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya” or The Sublime Qualities of Muhammad, Muslims learned everything from Muhammad’s height and body hair to his sleep habits, clothing preferences and favorite food. No single piece of information was seen too mundane or irrelevant when it concerned the prophet. The way he walked and sat is recorded in this book alongside the approximate amount of white hair on his temples in old age. These meticulous textual descriptions have functioned for Muslims throughout centuries as an alternative for visual representations. Most Muslims pictured Muhammad as described by his cousin and son-in-law Ali in a famous passage contained in the Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya: a broad-shouldered man of medium height, with black, wavy hair and a rosy complexion, walking with a slight downward lean. The second half of the description focused on his character: a humble man that inspired awe and respect in everyone that met him. Textual portraits of MuhammadThat said, figurative portrayals of Muhammad were not entirely unheard of in the Islamic world. In fact, manuscripts from the 13th century onward did contain scenes from the prophet’s life, showing him in full figure initially and with a veiled face later on. The majority of Muslims, however, would not have access to the manuscripts that contained these images of the prophet. For those who wanted to visualize Muhammad, there were nonpictorial, textual alternatives. There was an artistic tradition that was particularly popular among Turkish- and Persian-speaking Muslims. Ornamented and gilded edgings on a single page were filled with a masterfully calligraphed text of Muhammad’s description by Ali in the Shama'il. The center of the page featured a famous verse from the Quran: “We only sent you (Muhammad) as a mercy to the worlds.”These textual portraits, called “hilya” in Arabic, were the closest that one would get to an “image” of Muhammad in most of the Muslim world.Some hilyas were strictly without any figural representation, while others contained a drawing of the Kaaba, the holy shrine in Mecca, or a rose that symbolized the beauty of the prophet. Framed hilyas graced mosques and private houses well into the 20th century.Smaller specimens were carried in bottles or the pockets of those who believed in the spiritual power of the prophet’s description for good health and against evil. Hilyas kept the memory of Muhammad fresh for those who wanted to imagine him from mere words. Different interpretationsThe Islamic legal basis for banning images, including Muhammad’s, is less than straightforward and there are variations across denominations and legal schools. It appears, for instance, that Shiite communities have been more accepting of visual representations for devotional purposes than Sunni ones. Pictures of Muhammad, Ali and other family members of the prophet have some circulation in the popular religious culture of Shiite-majority countries, such as Iran. Sunni Islam, on the other hand, has largely shunned religious iconography.Outside the Islamic world, Muhammad was regularly fictionalized in literature and was depicted in images in medieval and early modern Christendom. But this was often in less than sympathetic forms. Dante’s “Inferno,” most famously, had the prophet and Ali suffering in hell, and the scene inspired many drawings. These depictions, however, hardly ever received any attention from the Muslim world, as they were produced for and consumed within the Christian world. Offensive caricatures and colonial pastProviding historical precedents for the visual depictions of Muhammad adds much-needed nuance to a complex and potentially incendiary issue, but it helps explain only part of the picture. Equally important for understanding the reactions to the images of Muhammad are developments from more recent history. Europe now has a large Muslim minority, and fictionalized depictions of Muhammad, visual or otherwise, do not go unnoticed.With advances in mass communication and social media, the spread of the images is swift, and so is the mobilization for reactions to them. Most importantly, many Muslims find the caricatures offensive for its Islamophobic content. Some of the caricatures draw a coarse equation of Islam with violence or debauchery through Muhammad’s image, a pervasive theme in the colonial European scholarship on Muhammad. Anthropologist Saba Mahmood has argued that such depictions can cause “moral injury” for Muslims, an emotional pain due to the special relation that they have with the prophet.Political scientist Andrew March sees the caricatures as “a political act” that could cause harm to the efforts of creating a “public space where Muslims feel safe, valued, and equal.” Even without images, Muslims have cultivated a vivid mental picture of Muhammad, not just of his appearance but of his entire persona. The crudeness of some of the caricatures of Muhammad is worth a moment of thought.[Insight, in your inbox each day. You can get it with The Conversation’s email newsletter.]This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit news site dedicated to sharing ideas from academic experts. It was written by: Suleyman Dost, Brandeis University.Read more: * Muslim schools are allies in France’s fight against radicalization – not the cause * Why there’s opposition to images of MuhammadSuleyman Dost does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.